Dramatically illustrated with archival images and objects and compelling contemporary photography, this book delivers a surprise on every page: from precious personal mementos to forgotten battle sites; from newly recovered glass-plate negatives that reveal long-obscured photographic details to long-lost documents
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Dimensions: 241 x 282mm
Publication Date: 18 Oct 2011
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781426208126
About James Robertson
One of the most distinguished names in Civil War history JAMES ROBERTSON was executive director of the U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission and worked with Presidents Truman Kennedy and Johnson in marking the war's 100th anniversary. His Civil War Era course at Virginia Tech was the largest of its kind in the nation. Robertson is the author or editor of more than 20 books that include such award-winning studies as Civil War! America Becomes One Nation General A.P. Hill and Soldiers Blue and Gray. His biography of Gen. Stonewall Jackson won eight national awards and was used as the basis for the Ted Turner/Warner Bros. mega-movie Gods and Generals. Robertson was chief historical consultant for the film.